The seed of mystery lies in muddy water. How can I perceive this mystery? Water becomes clear through stillness. How can I become still? By flowing with the stream.
LAOZIFollow diligently the Way in your own heart, but make no display of it to the world.
More Laozi Quotes
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To rejoice in conquest is to rejoice in murder.
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The world’s beginning is its mother. To have found the mother is also to know the children. Although you know the children, cling to the mother. Until your last day you will not be harmed.
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To know you have enough is to be rich.
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When people see some things as good, other things become bad.
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Those who act will fail. Those who seize will lose.
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He who loves does not dispute: He who disputes does not love.
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The ego is entranced by … names and ideas… However names and concepts only block your perception of this Great Oneness. Therefore it is wise to ignore them. Those who live inside their egos are continually bewildered.
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Nature is not human hearted.
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Good words shall gain you honor in the marketplace, but good deeds shall gain you friends among men.
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Watch your thoughts, they become words.
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Be as the still mountain; Move like the great river.
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Be gentle and you can be bold; be frugal and you can be liberal; avoid putting yourself before others and you can become a leader among men.
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The Master doesn’t seek fulfillment. For only those who are not full are able to be used which brings the feeling of completeness.
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Heavy is the root of light.
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Simplicity has no name is free of desires. Being free of desires it is tranquil. And the world will be at peace of it’s own accord.
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